Junior High Social Studies

Columbus on Trial

Remember to search the databases: ABC-CLIO, Gale Student Resource Center Junior and the Gale Virtual Reference Library and the encyclopedias.

These websites will be useful for this assignment. Keep in mind that some may have bias. You need to evaluate the website for accuracy and authority.

The Journey of Christopher Columbus - Glencoe site focusing on the Tainos, Caribs, and other Native Americans that Columbus encountered.

Exploring the Early Americas - Library of Congress site that examines Columbus and the Taino

Lies My Teacher Told Me - excerpts out of context from an analysis of American history regarding Columbus but may be a starting point for your arguments

Columbus Discovers America - Eyewitness to History website and primary source

Christopher Columbus and the Crimes Against Humanity - Native American site provides arguments that Columbus's motives for exploration resulted in the destruction of a culture

Taino (Arawak) Indians: Genocide - eNotes site that considers other factors besides Columbus as the cause for the collapse of the Taino culture.

Understanding Prejuidice - Scroll down to section on Native Americans > Columbus for several links

Taino Indian Culture - provides background history on the Tianos